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From: manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject: RE: Accurate timing!
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 10:42:16 GMT
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djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:
>On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Manni Heumann wrote:
>
>> It won't work under windows, you should not try to access a floppy drive with
> 
>> the timer ticking faster, and your system time will be wrong afterwards. 
>
>Shouldn't try using any disk drive with a modified timer.
>

You mean HDs as well? The problem with floppies is, IMHO, that their timings 
are dependent on the system timer. I don't think HDs are as stupid as that. 
But maybe they were some years ago.
I often used a (very stupid) program that would reprogram the timer, 
accumulate some data, write them to disk and then set the timer back. Never 
did any harm.


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Manni